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Borrego Springs AM midday....

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pianoplayer88key

I went to Borrego Springs today, and too my Panasonic SW20 and Select-A-Tenna with me. I was there from a little before noon to around 2 pm. Here’s a partial listing of the stations I wasn’t positively able to identify at the time, and some of which are still unidentified now:

580 KSAZ Marana, AZ – playing country/nostalgia
620 KTAR Phoenix, AZ – fair with SAT. XESS faint underneath
660 KGDP/KTNN/Spanish? – barely readable on SAT
680 – possibly KNBR San Francisco?
700 – maybe KALL North Salt Lake City, UT? Was running a sports/talk format
750 – barely readable on SAT, no positive ID/format/language verification
770 – barely readable with SAT
780 – barely readable with SAT (which would be more likely, KAZM Sedona, AZ, KKOH Reno, NV, or a Mexican station?)
810 – don’t know if it was KGO or not –was barely readable, as was 680 (and 810 had heavy QRM from 820)
880 – was running an almost barely readable country format, but I doubt I was pulling in KRVN from Lexington, NB.
920 – KPSI Palm Springs. Underneath it was another barely readable station.
1010 – KXPS Thousand Palms, CA
1060 – which is most likely, KDUS Tempe, AZ, or KKVV Las Vegas, NV?
1080 – barely readable with SW20, fair signal with SAT, Spanish, not yet identified.
1250 – probably KNWH Twentynine Palms, CA
1260 – fair with SAT, Spanish language (rules out the 1260 in L.A. area)
1270 – fair signal with SAT (forgot to note language/format), XEAZ barely readable underneath
1280 – grr.. ran out of radio-locator for today… .._. .._ _._. _._ them _._. .._ _. _ … for attempting to charge for it!!!
Anyway… on to the rest of the stations… first, unidentified…
1310 – faint on SAT, Spanish language
1330 – barely readable on SAT under 1340’s QRM
1340 – Spanish if I remember correctly, faint with SW20, fairly good with SAT
1350 – fair with SAT, Spanish language. KTDD underneath barely readable on SAT
1380 – weak with SAT, Paul Harvey at around 1:15pm
1400 – faint with SW20, fairly good with SAT, Oldies/Spanish battling it out
1410 – fair with SAT
1450 – fair with SAT, talk format. KFSD barely readable underneath.
1460 – faint with SW20, fair with SAT. another barely readable underneath
1470 – XERCN – fair with SAT. another station barely readable underneath
1520 – faint with SAT, Spanish language?
1540 – probably KMPC Los Angeles. Another barely readable underneath.
1570 – barely readable on SAT. Possibly KPRO Riverside, or something else?
1580 – KBLA – fair on SAT. KMIK possibly barely readable underneath, not positive though.
1590 – weak on SAT
1600 – KMNY (or did they change their calls? I don’t remember) Pomona – fair with SAT

Now, on to the ID’d stations:

540 XESURF – barely readable SW20, fair SAT
550 KFYI – barely readable SW20, fair SAT
560 KBLU – somewhat weak SW20, fairly good SAT
570 KLAC – weak SAT
590 KTIE – barely readable SW20, fair SAT
600 KOGO – somewhat weak SW20, quite good SAT
610 KAVL – weak SAT
640 KFI – faint SW20, fair SAT

I’ll finish this later.
 
> 880 – was running an almost barely readable country format,
> but I doubt I was pulling in KRVN from Lexington, NB.

You almost had to have been. There are no other country 880s. What were the songs you heard? Would oldies, AC, or SoGos play them?
 
> > 880 – was running an almost barely readable country
> format,
> > but I doubt I was pulling in KRVN from Lexington, NB.
>
> You almost had to have been. There are no other country
> 880s. What were the songs you heard? Would oldies, AC, or
> SoGos play them?
>

I only spent about 30 seconds on each frequency or so, maybe up to a minute or two. I only recognized the music format, not the song. I would be quite surprised to have heard KRVN from a desert in California in the middle of the day, though, using only a Panasonic Shockwave RQ-SW20 and a Select-A-Tenna.
I couldn't spend as much time as I wanted on each frequency, because I was at the mercy of rural bus service, and had an absolute maximum of 2 hours and 20 minutes, and had a couple other things I was doing there, too, and I didn't want to stay two nights till Saturday (I was there Thursday) when the next service to San Diego would be operating. Although, I would like to go there at night sometime and see what I can DX, especially co-channel to other socal AMs.
 
complete station list:

540 XESURF Tijuana, BCN – barely readable SW20, fair SAT
550 KFYI Phoenix, AZ – barely readable SW20, fair SAT
560 KBLU Yuma, AZ – somewhat weak SW20, fairly good SAT
570 KLAC Los Angeles, CA – weak SAT
580 KSAZ Marana, AZ – playing country/nostalgia
590 KTIE – barely readable SW20, fair SAT
600 KOGO – somewhat weak SW20, quite good SAT
610 KAVL – weak SAT
620 KTAR Phoenix, AZ – fair with SAT. XESS faint underneath with SAT
640 KFI – faint SW20, fair SAT
650 ? - barely readable with SAT
660 KGDP/KTNN/Spanish? – barely readable on SAT. Any ideas?
670 KIRN Simi Valley, CA? - barely readable with SAT
680 – possibly KNBR San Francisco? barely readable with SAT
690 XETRA Rosarito, BCN - somewhat weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT
700 – maybe KALL North Salt Lake City, UT? Was running a sports/talk format. Had some adjacent-channel interference from 690.
710 KSPN Los Angeles, CA - somewhat weak on SAT, also had barely readable spanish language underneath
720 KDWN Las Vegas, NV - barely readable SAT
730 - I think XEEBC Ensenada - weak with SAT
740 KBRT Avalon, CA - somewhat weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT
750 ? - barely readable with SAT, no positive ID/format/language verification
760 KFMB San Diego, CA - weak with SW20, fairly good with SAT
770 - barely readable with SAT
780 - barely readable with SAT. KAZM Sedona, AZ, KKOH Reno, NV, Mexican, or what?
790 Mexicali - fair with SW20, clear with SAT
800 XESPN Tijuana, BCN - barely readable with SW20, fair with SAT
810 ? - barely readable with SAT, interference from 820. Could it have been KGO?
820 XEMVS Mexicali, BCN - fair with SW20, clear with SAT
830 KMXE Orange, CA - weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT. Also had weak un-ID'd station underneath audible with SAT.
840 KXNT North Las Vegas, NV - barely readable with SAT
850 Mexicali - fair with SW20, clear with SAT
860 XEMO Tijuana, BCN - barely readable SW20, fair SAT
870 KRLA Glendale, CA - barely readable with SAT
880 – was running an almost barely readable country format, but I doubt I was pulling in KRVN from Lexington, NB.
890 - could this have been KDXU from St George, UT? it was barely readable with the SAT.
910 Mexicali, BCN - weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT.
920 KPSI Palm Springs, CA - barely readable SW20, fair with SAT. Underneath it was another barely readable station.
930 KHJ Los Angeles, CA? - barely readable with SAT, interference from 940.
940 Mexicali - somewhat weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT
950 XEKAM Rosarito, BCN - somewhat weak with SAT
960 - Apple Valley or Phoenix? weak with SAT
970 KNWZ Coachella, CA - fairly clear with SW20, very strong with SAT
990 Mexicali - fairly clear SW20, very strong SAT
1000 KCEO Vista, CA - barely readable with SAT
1010 KXPS Thousand Palms, CA - barely readable SW20, fair SAT
1020 KTNQ Los Angeles, CA - my notes say fairly weak with SW20, but I think I had to have been using the SAT.
1030 XESDD Rosarito, BCN - fair with SAT
1040 KURS San Diego, CA - weak with SAT
1050 XED Mexicali, BCN - fairly clear with SW20, very strong with SAT
1060 – which is most likely, KDUS Tempe, AZ, or KKVV Las Vegas, NV? barely readable with SAT.
1070 KNX Los Angeles, CA - barely readable with SW20, fair with SAT
1080 – barely readable with SW20, fair signal with SAT, Spanish, not yet identified.
1090 XEPRS Rosarito, BCN - fair with SAT
1100 KFNX Phoenix, AZ - weak with SAT
1110 KDIS Pasadena, CA - fair with SAT
1120 Mexicali - somewhat weak SW20, fairly clear SAT
1130 KSDO San Diego, CA - fairly weak with SAT
1140 KNWQ Palm Springs, CA - fairly weak SW20, fairly clear SAT
1150 Mexicali - fairly weak SW20, fairly strong SAT
1170 KCBQ San Diego, CA - barely readable SW20, fair signal SAT
1190 Mexicali - fairly weak SW20, fairly strong SAT
1210 KPRZ San Marcos, CA - barely readable SW20, fair SAT
1230 KXO El Centro, CA - fairly weak SW20, fairly clear SAT
1240 KSON San Diego, CA? - weak with SAT
1250 KNWH Twentynine Palms, CA - fair with SAT
1260 – fair with SAT, Spanish language (rules out the 1260 in L.A. area)
1270 KNWT Thousand Palms, CA – fair signal with SAT, XEAZ Tijuana barely readable underneath
1280 - barely readable with SAT. KFRN Long Beach, CA, KDOX Henderson, NV, or KXEG Phoenix, AZ?
1290 KKDD San Bernardino, CA - weak with SW20, fair with SAT. interference from 1300.
1300 KROP Brawley, CA - fair signal with SW20, clear with SAT
1310 – faint on SAT, Spanish language
1320 KKSM Oceanside, CA? - fair with SAT
1330 – barely readable on SAT under 1340’s QRM
1340 – Spanish if I remember correctly, faint with SW20, fairly good with SAT
1350 – fair with SAT, Spanish language. KTDD underneath barely readable on SAT
1360 KLSD San Diego, CA - weak with SW20, fair signal with SAT
1370 Mexicali - somewhat weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT
1380 – weak with SAT, Paul Harvey at around 1:15pm. Radio-Locator lists KLPZ Parker, AZ, as being the closest, but with a Country format. KWJL Lancaster, CA, is Nostalgia. I was hearing Paul Harvey.
1390 XEKT Tecate, BCN? - barely readable SW20, fair with SAT
1400 – faint with SW20, fairly good with SAT, Oldies/Spanish battling it out. I'm guessing KESQ Indio, CA, and KJOK Yuma, AZ.
1410 – fair with SAT. Maybe KCAL Redlands, CA?
1420 XEXX Tijuana, BCN - weak with SAT
1430 KWST El Centro, CA - fair with SW20, clear with SAT.
1450 KGAM Palm Springs, CA – fair with SAT. KFSD barely readable underneath.
1460 – faint with SW20, fair with SAT. another barely readable underneath
1470 XERCN Tijuana, BCN – fair with SAT. another station barely readable underneath
1480 KVNR Santa Ana, CA - weak with SAT
1490 KICO Calexico, CA - somewhat weak with SW20, fairly clear with SAT
1510 KSPA Ontario, CA - fair with SAT
1520 – faint with SAT, Spanish language?
1530 - weak with SAT. Possibly KFBK Sacramento, CA?
1540 – probably KMPC Los Angeles. Another barely readable underneath.
1550 XEBG Tijuana, BCN? - weak with SAT
1560 KNZR Bakersfield, CA? - barely readable with SAT.
1570 – barely readable on SAT. Possibly KPRO Riverside, or something else?
1580 KBLA Santa Monica, CA – fair on SAT. KMIK possibly barely readable
underneath, not positive though.
1590 – weak on SAT
1600 KAHZ Pomona, CA – fair with SAT
1630 XEUT Tijuana, BCN - weak with SW20, fair with SAT
1650 KFOX Torrance, CA - fairly weak with SAT
1670 KHPY Moreno Valley, CA - fairly weak with SAT
1680 KAVT Fresno, CA? - barely readable with SAT
1700 XEPE Tecate, BCN - weak with SW20, fair with SAT

Anyone have any ideas what the unidentified stations might be, or could help me confirm that the ones I have ?'s on are most likely the ones I heard? I didn't do any searches of stations on mexican soil.

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Is this Anna-Borrego Desert State Park (spelling?) east of San Diego, California? Beautiful place!



> > > 880 – was running an almost barely readable country
> > format,
> > > but I doubt I was pulling in KRVN from Lexington, NB.
 
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